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Fred Peabody
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All Governments Lie (2016)
The Corporate Coup d'État (2018)
Digital Tsunami: Big Tech, Big AI & Big Brother (2025)
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democracynow.org
The late journalist Bill Moyers warned about the rising influence of greed and financial incentive on media in the United States. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/26/remembering_bill_moyers_pbs_icon_on
www.democracynow.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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columjournreview.bsky.social
When forces shaping our future look at humanity as Humanity 1.0. Futurist Douglas @rushkoff.com with Journalism 2050 hosts @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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breachmedia.ca
Mark Carney’s deal with Alberta’s Danielle Smith is the climate sell-out of the century.

@sethdklein.bsky.social joins @desmondcole.bsky.social to break down everything it contains, including pipelines, AI data centres, and a rollback of almost every Trudeau-era climate policy.
Mark Carney’s pact with Danielle Smith is climate carnage ⋆ The Breach
Author and analyst Seth Klein joins Desmond Cole to break down how Carney and Smith have fulfilled Big Oil’s entire wish list
breachmedia.ca
December 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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newslit.org
“Some of this (attitude) is earned, but much of it is based on misperception," says NLP's @peteradams.bsky.social in this @apnews.com story.

⚠️ As our recent survey revealed, 84% of 750 teens surveyed express a negative sentiment when asked what word best describes news media these days.
A lost generation of news consumers? Survey shows how teenagers dislike the news media
You don't have to tell Cat Murphy or Lily Ogburn about the attitudes of young people toward journalists.
apnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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newslit.org
🤔 Lake County Gazette. Southern Wisconsin Times. Names of publications, no?

🧠 They may sound like legacy, standards-based newspapers, but they’re actually mimicking legit local news as pink slime sites.

🔗 Today's special edition of The Sift has a quiz for students on these sites.

#NewsLiteracy
The Sift: Special issue: Pink slime quiz - The News Literacy Project
This special issue of The Sift includes a new quiz on pink slime “news” sites.
go.newslit.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Reposted by Fred Peabody
newslit.org
Here are tips for spotting pink slime sites:
💡 Do a quick search
💡 Check the “About” page
💡 Check bylines
💡 Identify editorial standards

Read more in The Sift: go.newslit.org/Sift1Dec2025

#MediaLiteracy
The Sift: Special issue: Pink slime quiz - The News Literacy Project
This special issue of The Sift includes a new quiz on pink slime “news” sites.
go.newslit.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
fredpeabody.bsky.social
"DIGITAL TSUNAMI: Big Tech, Big AI & Big Brother" screening at Hot Docs Cinema June 6
www.instagram.com/p/DJ2Jqrgs3PE/
May 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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jimeharrisjr.bsky.social
I'm sure this is fine. 😳
techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/a...
Anthropic's new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline | TechCrunch
Anthropic says its Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail software engineers when they try to take it offline.
techcrunch.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
moreover, these aren't random acts of stupidity. There's a fossil fuel agenda very much behind these disingenuous lies (as I've written about in "The New Climate War", and the forthcoming "Science Under Siege" w/ @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social)
May 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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lightspeedsara.bsky.social
God, is Maria really that stupid?
May 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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sethdklein.bsky.social
David Suzuki on the connections between inequality and the climate crisis...
davidsuzuki.org/story/save-t...
Save the climate, tax the rich
Extreme wealth inequality, pollution, species extinction and climate chaos are all symptoms of a sick system, one that isn’t serving the needs of most people.
davidsuzuki.org
May 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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tzeporah.bsky.social
This campaign seeks to connect the dots between escalating wildfires, the climate crisis & the burning of fossil fuels, and calls on our leaders to hold Canada’s fossil fuel industry accountable and to make climate action a policy priority.

Learn more at signedseareddelivered.com

Please share ❤️‍🔥
May 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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normeisen.bsky.social
Best possible endorsement of Pope Leo
May 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV, called out Pope Killer JD Vance.
Pope calls out couch demon
May 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
fredpeabody.bsky.social
The hens get regular massages and piped in music by Schubert & Brahms
tzeporah.bsky.social Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · May 2
Wait. What? “From hens raised in small groups with furnished housing that includes darkened nest boxes…” since when did the egg carton tell you whether the hens had “furnished housing”? 🤣
May 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
My interview on the Trump administration’s assault on climate science with Brianna Keiler on @cnn.com News Central: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTzA...
Michael Mann on CNN News Central with Brianna Keilar Discussing U.S. Climate Policy (APR 22 2025)
YouTube video by Michael Mann
www.youtube.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Reposted by Fred Peabody
tzeporah.bsky.social
$28,000,000,000,000. 28 Trillion that’s how much in climate warming disasters that scientists say 111 companies have caused us.

And the new study names names.

www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
Oil and gas giants caused €25 trillion in climate damage, study says
Experts believe the research could help bolster climate laws and make polluters pay for their role in global warming.
www.euronews.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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katharinehayhoe.com
Scientists who study climate don't automatically attribute all changes to human activity. Rather, we carefully investigate every possible natural factor that could explain the planet's warming.

Could these be the real culprits?

The evidence is in--and the answer is NO.

This thread explains! 🧵
A graphic with an icon of the sun, a wiggly line denoting natural cycles, and a volcano, with a title reading "WHY is climate changing?" created by me. Not fancy, as my graphic design skills lean to function over art!
May 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
proud to be one of the initial signatories of this open letter calling on congress and Trump administration to stop their dismantling of @noaa.gov (thanks to @ucsusa.bsky.social for spearheading this!):
open letter (page 1) open letter (page 2)
May 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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pressprogress.ca
🔊 PODCAST: Meet the corporate lobbyists connected to Pierre Poilievre and his inner-circle

DeSmog’s @geoffdembicki.bsky.social is pulling back the curtain on the influence of corporate lobbyists on Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
Meet the Corporate Lobbyists Connected to Pierre Poilievre and his Inner-Circle
Geoff Dembicki from DeSmog is pulling back the curtain on the influence of corporate lobbyists on Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives
pressprogress.ca
April 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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naomioreskes.bsky.social
If there are people in your orbit who don't care about floods or fires or polar bears, this may get their attention:
actuaries.org.uk/media-releas...
Current climate policies risk catastrophic societal and economic impacts | Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
The global economy could face a 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 unless immediate policy action on risks posed by the climate crisis is taken, warns a new report by the IFoA.
actuaries.org.uk
April 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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naomioreskes.bsky.social
Please join me next week for a virtual book talk on THE BIG MYTH at the Harvard Kennedy School:
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April 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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grist.org
The Rio Grande Valley was once covered in forest. One man is trying to bring it back.

grist.org/solutions/th...

#Rewild #Forest #Trees #Environment #Tree #RioGrande
The Rio Grande Valley was once covered in forest. One man is trying to bring it back.
Thorn forest once blanketed the Rio Grande Valley. Restoring even a little of it could help the region cope with the impacts of climate change
grist.org
April 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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stand.earth
🎉 JP Morgan, the world’s #1 fossil fuel funder, just committed to higher standards for respecting Indigenous Peoples’ Rights after negotiating with church investors: bit.ly/3Rmzely

Eyes are now on @citii.bsky.social & Wells Fargo as shareholders vote on Indigenous Rights policies later this month.
Investors and JPMorgan Chase Reach Agreement to Uphold Indigenous Peoples’ Rights - Fossil Free Citi
The Fossil Free Citi campaign is run by a global network of Indigenous, climate, and human rights groups to demand that Citibank stop funding fossil fuels.
bit.ly
April 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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tzeporah.bsky.social
"With the country on fire, we need to elect political firefighters."

Some sage advice from @sethdklein.bsky.social as we head to the polls this month.

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/11/o...
Four tips for progressives wondering about strategic voting
Tips for progressives wondering about strategic voting: Vote strategically, but do so wisely and attuned to your local context.
www.nationalobserver.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM